Golf-ball tee mold



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' UNIT-ED STATES 1,540,253 PATENT OFFICE.

Joan M. oo L NGwoon, or wrcnira, xmsasf GOLF-BALL- TEE mom).

. 4 Application filed July 9, 1923. Serial No. 650,417.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. Co LING- WOOD, a ,citizen'of the United States, residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Golf-Ball Tee vMold, of which the following is a specifica- 'tion.

This invention relates to molds, particularly adapted for use by golf players, for

forming tee molds for supporting a golf ball.

A further-object of my invention is to provide'a tee mold, whereby the mold which is in the -shape of a pyramid is provided with a recess for supporting a ball therein.

A further objectof my invention is to provide a mold which can be forced downwardlyinto a box containing damp sand,

and'whereby the sand mold will be automatically formed therein, and a spring plunger; operated through the handle of said mold, whereby the sand mold is extracted from the mold and .at the same time a recess is made in the top of same for receiving a follows and as is specifically pointed out'in" golf ball therein.

And a still further object of the invention is to'provide a tee mold, which is simple in 'constructiomdurable, eflicient for the pur I 30 pose intended, and one that can be manufactured and placed on the market at a relatively low cost.

These and like objects of the invention will be better understood as the description the appended claim. v

Referringto the accompanying drawin I which forms a part of this specification an which clearly shdws the construction and 40 operation of my improved mold,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a mold. constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a top iplan view of same, and

Figure 3 is a vertical section through same.

At the present time two practices are used for forming tee molds, one of which is to dig the sand out of the sand box and form the mold by hand. This has proven satisfactory, except that it soils the hands and clothes of the golf player. The second method adopted has been to provide amold of rubber. This has also proven satisfactory, exce tthat .in some instances the golf player wi l strike the mold when swinging at the ball, which will cause the mold to roll a considerable distance from the tee, which often results in same beinglost. As this. happens quite often, the latter methodhas been found to be vtoo expensive for practical use.

My improved tee forming mold comprises a cone shaped cup 1 having a hollow cone shaped recess 2 therein and a handle 3 formed on the reduced end of the cup 1 The handle 3 has a central bore 4 extendof the. bore fl communicates with an enlarged hollow recess 5, while the lower end of the bore communicates-with an enlarged recess 6. A plunger 7 is positioned in the central bore 4 and'has a-collar 8 keyed thereon in any suitable manner, said collar 8 being positioned in the enlarged 1 recess 5. A plunger head 9v is mounted on the lower end .of theplung'er 7 and is adapted to be nor- .mally' received within the enlarged recess 6,

pose of which will be better understoo as the description follows.

'ing vertically therethrough. The upper end When desiring to "use my im roved his I forming mold, the mold is pus ed downwardly into a sand box, which causes same ,to form the desired shape, after which the tee mold is de osited on the tee at the desired point an by pressing downwardly on the plunger 7 by bringing the forefin er of the golf player into engagement wit' the head 12', the enlarged plunger head 9 is forced downwardly into the same, which not only forces the sand from the mold. but also provides a concaved recess asindicated .by the letter A in theto of the mold for receiving thegolf ball-t erein.

In view of the foregoing description of my invention, taken in con'nection'with the accompanying drawing, it is thought that any further'explanatio'n as toth'e construction', operation'and objects of the invention is unnecessary. j r p While I have shown and I described the preferred [form .ofm'ylinvention, I realize that various minor changes may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit and I .June 9 1,540,254

E. COOK HAIR CURLER Filed Oct. 15, 1924 ELIZABETH COOK AW SW5 

